LEAD Technologies Releases LEADTOOLS Version 18

LEAD Technologies has announced the release of LEADTOOLS Version 18. This bountiful new release is highlighted by new LEADTOOLS Anywhere native libraries for WinRT, iOS, OS X, Android and Linux, along with major updates to LEADTOOLS Document, Medical and Multimedia technology for Win32/64, .NET and HTML5.

LEADTOOLS Anywhere extends LEAD Technologies' award winning LEADTOOLS Imaging SDKs to every major development platform. This initiative began last year with the release of SDKs for HTML5 and WinRT. The HTML5 SDKs made it possible to develop zero footprint web applications and WinRT laid the necessary foundation for porting LEADTOOLS to other native platforms. With LEADTOOLS 18, LEAD has further expanded the reach of its Imaging SDKs by offering native libraries for iOS, OS X, Android and Linux development. All core LEADTOOLS imaging technology is natively supported in each of these platforms, including viewing, annotation and markup, OCR, OMR, forms processing, 1D and 2D barcode, PDF, DICOM and support for over 150 file formats and 200 image processing functions.

"Over the past twenty-two years, LEAD has worked diligently to develop the best imaging SDKs available on the market," said Moe Daher, Chairman and CEO of LEAD Technologies. "Before the introduction of LEADTOOLS Anywhere our tools were available to programmers developing applications running on Windows operating systems. We are honored by the trust given to our product by the tens of thousands of Windows developers who have incorporated our technology into countless applications being distributed and used throughout the world. We are pleased that LEADTOOLS will now be available to programmers developing applications for any and all major operating systems, and look forward to earning the trust of many new developer customers using these exciting new platforms."

In addition to porting its core imaging technology to new platforms, LEAD has made significant enhancements to its existing Document, Medical and Multimedia engines. LEAD has also streamlined its product line by merging various products into one another. Consequently, the base products now have more features than ever, and the effective cost of development seats has been significantly reduced. Better yet, LEAD is including the multiple platform support in its base SDKs at no additional development seat cost. This way, existing customers can enjoy all the benefits of the new features and cross platform support simply by upgrading their development seat.